Red and pink lakes of our planet: mysticism, horror and fear. Pink Lake Retba Where is the pink lake located?
There is a lake in Senegal that is bright pink. It was as if potassium permanganate had been poured into it. The water here is so salty that only one type of microorganism can survive in it - they give this color. For days on end, standing up to their necks in water, local residents scoop salt from the bottom of the lake and pour it into boats. The work is hard labor, but by African standards it is paid tolerably.
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1. Amazingly colored water and boats, boats... They completely cover the two-kilometer coastline of the Pink Lake, or Lake Retba, as it is called in the language of the Wolof people, the largest ethnic group in Senegal.
3. What is now called Lake Retba was once a lagoon. But the Atlantic surf gradually washed in the sand, and eventually the channel connecting the lagoon with the ocean was filled up. For a long time, Retba remained an unremarkable salt lake. But in the 70s of the last century, a series of droughts hit Senegal, the Retba became very shallow and the extraction of salt, which lay in a thick layer at the bottom, became quite profitable.
4. Now people are working, standing shoulder-deep in water; twenty years ago they didn’t swim on the Pink Lake, but walked - the water in it was waist-deep. But by extracting about twenty-five thousand tons of salt a year, people are rapidly deepening the lake. In some places its bottom dropped quite significantly - by three meters or more.
5. The water in the lake acquired a pink tint thanks to microorganisms that can exist in a saturated salt solution. Apart from them, there is no other organic life in the Retba - for algae, not to mention fish, such a concentration of salt is destructive. It is almost one and a half times higher here than in the Dead Sea - three hundred and eighty grams per liter...
6. Microbiologist Bernard Oliver decided to scientifically explain the reason for this unusual color of water. The lake is inhabited by the microorganism Dunaliella salina, which, absorbing sunlight, releases pigment
7. Due to the deepening of the bottom, it will soon be impossible to extract salt in the old old-fashioned way, and the Senegalese authorities will be faced with the problem of employing the army of miners and traders feeding around the lake. But for now, every morning, dozens of half-naked men, taking simple equipment, swim out to the middle of the lake, anchor the boat and climb into the incredibly salty water...
8. A saline solution of such a concentration can, in just half an hour, corrode the skin to such an extent that poorly healing ulcers form on it. Therefore, before getting into the boat, miners rub themselves with oil. It is obtained from the fruits of the tallow tree, scientifically it is called butyrosperma Parka... It is this oil that makes their bodies shine in the sun...
9. The salt at the bottom is first loosened, then, blindly, placed into the basket under water. From the basket, after allowing excess water to drain, it is reloaded into a boat... It seems that under such a weight the vessel should sink - but the dense salt solution reliably keeps it afloat. The main thing is not to forget to scoop the salt water out of the boat from time to time. To fill such a boat with salt - here it is called a pirogue - it takes a good worker three hours. During a working day, he must deliver three pirogues to the shore.
10. Men extract salt from the bottom of the lake... This is where their participation in the process ends - all further operations are performed by women, often very young, almost girls... They drag the salt in plastic basins to the shore and dump it there to dry. This work is, perhaps, no easier than men’s - a full basin weighs twenty to twenty-five kilograms... But in Africa, few people are concerned with the issues of protecting women’s and children’s labor...
11. Freshly mined salt is grayish in color. Therefore, after letting it dry, the women wash and sort it out to remove silt and sand... From small hills, each of which has a sign with the name of the owner stuck in it, the purified salt is poured into common heaps, a three-kilometer ridge stretching along the shore of the Pink Lake... It is in them for a year or two waits for wholesale buyers - during this time the salt, under the rays of the tropical sun, has time to fade and become completely white. The salt that is mined here using such primitive methods is exported to African countries and, as an exotic product, even to Europe. The Senegalese themselves are content with salt obtained industrially from sea water.
12. Wholesalers pay about thirty cents for a fifty-kilogram bag. The pie holds approximately five hundred kilograms. It turns out that for a day of hard labor the worker receives only nine dollars. But by African standards this is good money. Otherwise, migrant workers from neighboring countries- Mali, Guinea, Gambia, Upper Volta... They usually don’t stay here longer than two or three years. Otherwise you can become disabled. The Senegalese themselves look down on visiting workers. They make a living with more “skilled” work - buying and reselling salt, and as guides and bodyguards they accompany Europeans who come to see the miracle of nature - a lake whose water seems to be stained with blood...
13. Curious tourists also try to look into the village where salt miners live. It is located right next to the shore. When asked what this place is called, the residents answer: “No way, just a village”... At least three thousand people live here. There are even cars on the street that are old, like almost all cars in this country.
14. Workers build their dwellings from available materials - reeds growing nearby, plastic film, old tires... To call such a building a “shack” means to flatter it greatly. However, in the local climate, nothing more capital is required - the houses are designed to protect their inhabitants not from the cold, but from the sun and, at the end of summer - beginning of autumn, heavy rains...
The same car tires are used instead of well logs - there are four such wells in the village. In Europe, this muddy, salty-tasting water would probably not be used even for technical needs, but here they drink and cook food with it - there is no other way. You can hardly see any grazing goats around the village, although Senegalese peasants breed a lot of them. Beans and corn are the main food of salt miners...
The conditions in which African guest workers live can only be described as terrible. But the inhabitants of these shacks themselves treat the squalor that surrounds them as something completely normal. They didn’t come here to live, but to work - from morning to night to extract salt from the Pink Lake, which these strange Europeans admire so much.
A pink or red lake is a lake that has a reddish or pink color due to the presence of algae that produce carotenoids (organic pigments). These include algae such as Dunaliella salina, which is a type of halophile green microalgae that lives in particularly salty conditions. sea water. Thanks to their pink color, these lakes are becoming increasingly popular among tourists and photographers from all over the world.
Lake Hillier (Hillier), Australia
Coordinates: 34°05′45″ S w. 123°12′10″ E. d.
Lake Hillier is a lake located on Middle Island - the large island of all the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago in Western Australia. The lake is very popular and tourists strive to get there, even passengers on planes flying over the lake take photographs of this miracle of nature.
The peculiarity of the lake is its bright pink color. The color of the water is constant and does not change if water is poured into a container. The length of the lake is about 600 meters. It is separated from the ocean by a narrow strip of land consisting of sand dunes covered with vegetation.
The lake is surrounded by white salt deposits and dense forests of tea and eucalyptus trees. To the north, sand dunes separate the lake from the Southern Ocean. Middle Island and the lake were discovered in 1812.
Hutt Lagoon, Australia
Coordinates: 28° 9"17.29"S. w. 114°14"23.99"E. d.
Hutt Lagoon is shown on the left side, and Indian Ocean- on the right
Hutt Lagoon is an elongated salt lake located off the coast north of the Hutt River Estuary in the mid-west of Western Australia. It is located in the dunes adjacent to the coast.
The city of Gregory is located between the ocean and the southern shores of the lake. The road between Northampton and Kalbarri, called George Gray Drive, runs along the western edge of the lake.
The lake is 14 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide.
Hutt Lagoon is a salty pink lake, having a red or pink hue due to the presence of Dunaliella saline in the water. This type of algae produces carotenoids, which are a source of beta carotene, a food coloring and a source of vitamin A.
This lagoon is home to the world's largest microalgae farm. total area The area of small artificial ponds in which Dunaliella salina is bred is 250 hectares.
Lake Quairading, Australia
Coordinates: 31°58"22.37" S. w. 117°30"18.92" in. d.
Pink Lake Querading is located 11 kilometers east of the town of Querading ( Western Australia). The Bruce Rock Highway passes through it.
The local population considers Pink Lake a natural miracle. At certain times, one side of the lake turns dark pink while the other remains pale pink.
Field of Pink Lakes, Australia
Coordinates: 33°51"1.01"S w. 123°35"34.06" in. d.
This unusual landscape was captured from an airplane in western Australia. This field of pink lakes is located somewhere between Esperance and Caiguna.
There are hundreds of small pink lakes throughout the course, each with its own unique shade of pink. This is due to the fact that the concentration of algae and salt in each lake is different from all the others.
Pink Lake, Australia
Coordinates: 33°50"43"S 121°49"40"E
Pink Lake is a saltwater lake in the Goldfields-Esperance region of western Australia. It is located approximately 3 kilometers west of Esperance and is connected to the east by motorway south coast(South Coast Highway).
The lake is not always pink, but the distinctive color of the water, when the lake takes on a pink tint, is the result of the activity of the green algae Dunaliella salina, as well as a high concentration of saltwater shrimp. The lake has been designated as Important Bird Habitat by the international organization for the protection of birds and their habitat conservation.
Lake Masazir, Azerbaijan
Coordinates: 40°30"29"N 49°46"21"E
Lake Masazir is salt Lake in the Karadag region, near Baku, Azerbaijan. The total area of the lake is 10 square kilometers. The ionic composition of water contains large volumes of chloride and sulfate.
Workers load salt into horse-drawn carts
In 2010, a plant was opened here to produce two MFAs of Azeri salt. The estimated reserve of salt that can be extracted is 1,735 million tons. It can be extracted both in a liquid state (from water) and in a solid state.
Laguna Colorada, Bolivia
Coordinates: 22°11′55″ S w. 67°46′52″ W. d.
Laguna Colorado is a mineral lake located in national reserve Eduardo Avaroa in southwestern Bolivia near the border with Chile.
The red-brown color of the water is due to sedimentary rocks, as well as the pigmentation of some algae growing there. Borax islands can also be found in the lake.
Lives in the lagoon area a large number of James's flamingo. You can also find Andean and Chilean flamingos here, but in small quantities.
Lake Torrevieja, Spain
Coordinates: 38° 0"14.32" N. w. 0°44"10.74"w. d.
Aerial view of the Torrevieja Salt Lake from the Mediterranean Sea
Torrevieja Salt Lake and La Mata Salt Lake are salt lakes surrounding Torrevieja, a seaside town in southeastern Spain. The microclimate created by the largest salt lakes in Europe - Torrevieja and La Mata - is declared one of the healthiest in Europe, according to the World Health Organization.
The pink color of Lake Torrevieja, caused by the presence of algae and salt, gives it the appearance of “ science fiction" Just like in the Dead Sea in Israel, here you can also just lie on the surface of the water. In addition, this will be of great benefit for the prevention and treatment of skin and lung diseases.
At the other end of the lake, salt is mined and exported to different countries. You can see a huge number of bird species near the lake.
Pond in an old mine, Cyprus, Italy
Coordinates: 35° 2"10.01"N 33° 6"57.53"E
Not far from the Cypriot village of Mitsero there is a lake, the water of which is painted blood red. At first glance, it seems that instead of water there is actually blood in it.
In fact, the lake is not a lake at all, but a mined-out iron ore quarry. It is the rich presence of iron that explains the rich red color of the water.
Dusty Rose Lake, Canada
Coordinates: 52°33"38"N 126 ° 20"31" W
This pink lake located in British Columbia, Canada is quite unusual, little known and possibly unique. The water in this lake is not at all salty and does not contain algae, but it is still pink in color. The photo shows pink water flowing into the lake. The color of the water is due to the unique combination of rocks in this area (rock dust from the glacier).
Raspberry Lake, Altai Territory, Russia
Coordinates: 51°40′31″ N. w. 79°46′57″ E. d.
Raspberry Lake in the Mikhailovsky district is distinguished by its crimson-colored water.
The distinct pink-crimson hue of the water gives it a special appearance to the small planktonic crustaceans living in the lake.
The crimson color of the lake is especially bright in spring, although it is noticeable in other seasons as well.
Lake Retba, Senegal
Coordinates: 14°50′20″ N. w. 17°14′04″ W d.
Lake Retba or Pink Lake is located east of the peninsula Cape Verde(Cap Vert) in Senegal, northeast of Dakar, the capital of Senegal. It got its name because of the color of the water in which the algae species Dunaliella salina grows.
The color is especially noticeable during the dry season. The lake is also known for its high salt content, which, like the Dead Sea, allows people to float easily.
Aerial photography of salt accumulations along the shoreline of Lake Retba
There is a small salt mining business on the lake. Many salt workers work 6-7 hours a day in the lake, which contains about 40% salt.
To protect their skin, they rub in Beurre de Karité (Shea Butter, derived from shea nuts harvested from the shea tree), which softens the skin and prevents tissue damage.
Colored salt ponds in San Francisco, USA
Coordinates: 37°30"23.56"N 122° 1"40.79"W
San Francisco is famous for its colored ponds, flying over which gives an indelible impression of what you see.
The reason for such beauty is banal - simple salt. These reservoirs were created for salt extraction.
The algae growing in them is what causes these color effects. The palette of colors depends on the height of the salt level; more saturated shades are obtained at higher salt levels.
In addition, weather conditions can also make adjustments to the variety of colors. For example, the wind stirring the algae changes the color scheme; rain, coupled with the wind, sometimes generally lightens the water to its normal state
Lake Natron, Tanzania
Coordinates: 2°25′ S w. 36°00′ E. d.
Natron is a salt lake located in northern Tanzania, on the border with Kenya.
The lake is no more than three meters deep, and the shoreline changes depending on the time of year and water level. Water temperatures in wetlands can reach 50 degrees Celsius, and depending on the water level, alkalinity can reach a pH of 9 to 10.5.
Lake Natron is covered with a crust of salt, which periodically turns red and pink. This is the result of the vital activity of microorganisms that live in the lake. The lake is home to millions of flamingos.
Lake Chott El Jerid, Tunisia
Coordinates: 33°42′ N. w. 8°26′ E. d.
Chott el Djerid is a lake in central Tunisia and a saline depression located in a series of depressions stretching deep into the Sahara from the Gulf of Gabes.
During winter rains, Chott el-Jerid turns into a salty, drainless lake with an area of 5-7 thousand km². In summer, when there is no precipitation and the temperature often reaches +50 °C, the lake almost completely dries out, and mirages are often observed.
The vegetation is sparse, with a predominance of halophytes; near the waterways there are thickets of tamarisk and gorse. Along the edges of the depression there are outlets of artesian waters, around which there are oases in which date palms have been cultivated since ancient times.
In the 1970s, an asphalt road was built across the depression along the crest of the constructed dam.
Lake Koyashskoye, Crimea, Ukraine
Coordinates: 45°2"54"N 36°11"4"E
Lake Koyashskoye changes its color several times a year. This is due to bacteria, which turn reddish in color during hot periods.
During the dry season, the lake is covered with a thin layer of salt crystals. The silt deposits of the lake are therapeutic mud.
It is impossible to drown in Lake Koyashskoye, since its depth does not exceed 1 meter. But you won’t be able to swim there either - the mud is very viscous.
Lake on the Sanetsch pass in Switzerland
The water surface is periodically covered with algae, which gives the water an atypical color.
Blood Pond (Chinoike Jigoku), Japan
Coordinates: 33°19"37.93"N 131°28"40.75"E
Blood Pond (Chinoike Jigoku) is one of the most famous sources of hot water - geysers, which is located on Japanese island Kyushu near the city of Beppu.
It got its name due to the fact that its water contains a large amount of iron oxide.
The color of the pond has a red tint, which very much reminds tourists of blood, and this is why the hot water geyser was nicknamed “bloody”. Geysers emit more than 50,000 cubic meters of water per day, and above the lake you can observe emissions of steam from active volcanoes, which are located on the banks of the bloody pond.
There are many legends associated with the bloody pond, and its name means “Hell” in Japanese. One of these legends says that sinners were boiled in its waters. This is partly true - you can easily get cooked here, because the water temperature is about 100 degrees.
Photo: NeilsPhotography/Flickr
Kelimutu is a volcano on the Indonesian island of Flores. With three crater lakes, each a different color, Kelimutu is a popular tourist attraction. Three lakes, in which various minerals are dissolved, change their color over several years from black to turquoise, red-brown or green. The lake in the west of the volcano is called Tivu Ata Mbupu ("Lake of the Old Men"), the other two are called Tivu Nua Muri Kooh Tai ("Lake of Boys and Girls") and Tivu Ata Polo ("Enchanted Lake"). Locals from the village of Moni, located at the foot of the volcano, they believe that the souls of the dead go into these lakes and the change in their color means that they are angry.
Photo: Jose Miguel Gomez / Reuters
Caño Cristales in national park Macarena in Colombia is called the most beautiful river in the world. Its waters are five-colored, containing shades of yellow, blue, green, black and red. Caño Cristales becomes so vibrant in the summer when numerous algae bloom. There are no fish in the river, but a person can take a dip, the water is very clean and transparent.
Photo: Max Waugh/Solent News/REX
National Park Yellowstone in Wyoming is the most active geothermal region on the planet. This is where the largest is located hot spring in the USA, which was called prismatic due to the rainbow color of the waters. The brightness of the source is provided by pigmented bacteria. The banks of the reservoir are orange, and further away there are blue-green-yellow waters. The temperature near the shore is about 50 degrees, closer to the center - 70, and at depth and in the depths more than 80 degrees. Tourists come just to admire.
Photo: Ziv Koren/Polaris/East News
The hot springs in Dallol, Ethiopia, with their almost fluorescent brightness, attract big number tourists. The landscapes here are simply alien.
Photo: Mark, Vicki, Ellaura and Mason / Flickr
Pink Lake, or Lake Spencer, is located in Esperance (Western Australia). It owes its color to the algae content unaliella salina (the algae is green, but produces the colored pigment carotene to protect itself from sunlight). A few years ago, Pink Lake suddenly began to turn pale, much to the chagrin of locals and tourists. But in the last year or two, the water has regained its former bright color.
Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Salty Tuz Golu is the second largest lake in Turkey. This is both an industrial center (factories extract salt here) and a popular tourist place. Travelers enjoy wandering around the lake when the summer heat evaporates the water and the landscape takes on a quaint appearance. But before the sun burns Tuz Golu, it turns bright red due to an active algae bloom. This is where the freedom for photographers lies! But drinking water, despite the antioxidant properties of red algae, is not recommended. The lake is protected by UNESCO as it is home to the endangered flamingo in Europe.
Photo: Wikipedia
Five Flower Lake in Jiuzhaigou (China) makes you wonder: is this not computer graphics? Its color can vary and be yellow, green or bright turquoise. The depth is large (up to 40 meters), but the water is always very clear; relict trees resting at the bottom can be seen through it. It is believed that wood, entering into a chemical reaction with various minerals in the water, gives the reservoir an unusual color, but the secrets of the lake are not known for certain. Local residents are generally a little afraid of it, considering it mystical.
Photo: Chris Harris/East News
Kliluk, or Spotted Lake, is located in Canada, near the town of Osoyoos, not far from the US border. The lake's water is saturated with various minerals and has the world's highest concentration of magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts), calcium and sodium, as well as silver and titanium. In the roast summer time When water evaporates, many oddly shaped spots are formed on the surface of the lake, which, depending on the weather conditions Can be painted in different shades. At the same time, islands of minerals are exposed, covered with a durable crust on which you can walk. The waters of the lake have a healing effect.
Photo: Elvin 7 mil. Views/Flickr
The Japanese city of Beppu has many lakes and geysers and is a famous thermal resort in the country. But one body of water stands out from the crowd with its “hellish” character: red color, clouds of steam above the surface, high (90 degrees) water temperature - evidence of the proximity of the geyser and the magma underlying it. The lake both beckons and frightens: it is a tourist attraction, but, of course, it is not a place for swimming, so the reservoir is fenced off.
Photo: Global Look
Blue Lake in Mount Gambier ( South Australia) is of volcanic origin. The average depth is 72 meters. But it is famous, of course, not for its depth, but for its color. Blue Lake supplies the town of Mount Gambier with drinking water.
Photo: Wikipedia
Rio Tinto is a river in southwestern Spain in the Andalusia region. Mining has been taking place in its upper reaches for three thousand years, which leads to high concentrations of copper and iron in the water. The high acidity of the water makes the river unsuitable for swimming and even dangerous for people, but Rio Tinto is of great interest to scientists and photographers.
Photo: Eric Pheterson/Flickr
The Great Blue Hole (that's what this place is called) appears as a round hole in the turquoise waters near Belize. The unexpectedly gloomy color for the tropics is due to the sharp difference in depth. This place is a diver's dream, and scuba diving enthusiasts come from all over the world, traveling from the capital of Belize by speedboat or motorboat. They want to see with their own eyes underwater caves, stalactites and stalagmites, amazing living creatures that live only at great depths.
Photo: imagebroker / Rainer F. Steussloff
We are used to imagining the Baltic Sea as steel-gray, but sometimes its harsh waves can become bright. At the beginning of summer in the Kaliningrad region, in the area Curonian Spit Pines and other plants are blooming, so the water near the shore turns canary yellow with pollen. Tourists unfamiliar with natural features may even get scared, mistaking the strange color for a chemical release. It's okay, you can safely swim.
Photo: Alexey Pavlishak / TASS
The salt lake Sasyk-Sivash in Crimea is located east of Yevpatoria. Once there was a sea here, but a sand bar formed over time turned the waters into a lake. Well, Sasyk-Sivash owes its pink-red color to the algae Dunaliella Sallina. The lake produces sea fish pink salt. You can swim.
A pink lake is a lake that has a reddish or pink color due to the presence of algae that produce carotenoids (organic pigments). These include algae such as Dunaliella salina, which is a type of halophile green microalgae that lives in particularly salty seawater. Thanks to their pink color, these lakes are becoming increasingly popular among tourists and photographers from all over the world. We invite you on a short journey through the pink lakes of our planet:
1. Lake Hillier, Australia
Lake Hillier is a lake located on Middle Island, the largest of all the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago in Western Australia. The lake is very popular and tourists strive to get there, even passengers on planes flying over the lake take photographs of this miracle of nature. 
The peculiarity of the lake is its bright pink color. The color of the water is constant and does not change if water is poured into a container. The length of the lake is about 600 meters. It is separated from the ocean by a narrow strip of land consisting of sand dunes covered with vegetation. 
The lake is surrounded by white salt deposits and dense forests of tea and eucalyptus trees. To the north, sand dunes separate the lake from the Southern Ocean. Middle Island and the lake were discovered in 1812.
2. Lake Retba, Senegal
Lake Retba or Pink Lake is located east of the Cape Verde Peninsula (Cap Vert) in Senegal, northeast of Dakar, the capital of Senegal. It got its name because of the color of the water in which the algae species Dunaliella salina grows. 
The color is especially noticeable during the dry season. The lake is also known for its high salt content, which, like the Dead Sea, allows people to float easily. 
Aerial photography of salt accumulations along the shoreline of Lake Retba
There is a small salt mining business on the lake. Many salt workers work 6-7 hours a day in the lake, which contains about 40% salt. 
To protect their skin, they rub in Beurre de Karité (Shea Butter, derived from shea nuts harvested from the shea tree), which softens the skin and prevents tissue damage.
3. Torrevieja Salt Lake, Spain
Aerial view of the Torrevieja Salt Lake from the Mediterranean Sea
Torrevieja Salt Lake and La Mata Salt Lake are salt lakes surrounding Torrevieja, a seaside town in southeastern Spain. The microclimate created by the largest salt lakes in Europe - Torrevieja and La Mata - is declared one of the healthiest in Europe, according to the World Health Organization. 
The pink color of Lake Torrevieja, caused by the presence of algae and salt, gives it a "science fiction" appearance. Just like in the Dead Sea in Israel, here you can also just lie on the surface of the water. In addition, this will be of great benefit for the prevention and treatment of skin and lung diseases. 
At the other end of the lake, salt is mined and exported to different countries. You can see a huge number of bird species near the lake.
4. Hutt Lagoon, Australia
Hutt Lagoon is shown on the left and the Indian Ocean is on the right
Hutt Lagoon is an elongated salt lake located off the coast north of the Hutt River Estuary in the mid-west of Western Australia. It is located in the dunes adjacent to the coast. 
The city of Gregory is located between the ocean and the southern shores of the lake. The road between Northampton and Kalbarri, called George Gray Drive, runs along the western edge of the lake. 
The lake is 14 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide.
Hutt Lagoon is a salty pink lake, having a red or pink hue due to the presence of Dunaliella saline in the water. This type of algae produces carotenoids, which are a source of beta carotene, a food coloring and a source of vitamin A. 
This lagoon is home to the world's largest microalgae farm. The total area of small artificial ponds in which Dunaliella salina is bred is 250 hectares.
5. Dusty Rose Lake, Canada
This pink lake located in British Columbia, Canada is quite unusual, little known and possibly unique. The water in this lake is not at all salty and does not contain algae, but it is still pink in color. The photo shows pink water flowing into the lake. The color of the water is due to the unique combination of rocks in this area (rock dust from the glacier).
6. Pink Lake, Australia
Pink Lake is a saltwater lake in the Goldfields-Esperance region of western Australia. It is located approximately 3 kilometers west of Esperance and is connected to the east by the South Coast Highway. 
The lake is not always pink, but the distinctive color of the water, when the lake takes on a pink tint, is the result of the activity of the green algae Dunaliella salina, as well as a high concentration of saltwater shrimp. The lake has been designated as Important Bird Habitat by the international organization for the protection of birds and their habitat conservation.
7. Lake Masazir, Azerbaijan
Lake Masazir is a salt lake in the Karadag region, near Baku, Azerbaijan. The total area of the lake is 10 square kilometers. The ionic composition of water contains large volumes of chloride and sulfate. 
Workers load salt into horse-drawn carts
In 2010, a plant was opened here to produce two MFAs of Azeri salt. The estimated reserve of salt that can be extracted is 1,735 million tons. It can be extracted both in a liquid state (from water) and in a solid state.
8. Pink Lake Quairading, Australia
Pink Lake Quirading is located 11 kilometers east of Quirading (Western Australia). The Bruce Rock Highway passes through it. 
The local population considers Pink Lake a natural miracle. At certain times, one side of the lake turns dark pink while the other remains pale pink.
Bonus: Field of Pink Lakes, Australia
This unusual landscape was captured from an airplane in western Australia. This field of pink lakes is located somewhere between Esperance and Caiguna. 
There are hundreds of small pink lakes throughout the course, each with its own unique shade of pink. This is due to the fact that the concentration of algae and salt in each lake is different from all the others.
Our planet is teeming with many mystical, unknown, scary and unusual beautiful places. Red and pink lakes are named after the color of their waters. Most often they have shades of red: pink, crimson, scarlet and closer to orange. Many of them are dangerous and inspire feelings of fear and horror.
Scientists say that the lakes owe their color to the microorganisms that live in their waters.
The creepy Red Lake Natron in Tanzania turns all living things into stone
In Africa, on the border with Kenya, in Tanzania there is an ominous Lake Narton. Everyone who touches him turns to stone. So far these are only careless birds.
Why do they become fossilized? It's simple: ideal alkalinity pH is from 9 to 10.5 and salt keeps the corpses in the condition that you see in the photo.
But the lake cannot be called dead - it is a haven for millions of pink flamingos. Birds come here to breed. This is an ideal habitat for them: predators avoid this lake, and blue-green algae with red pigments are good for food.
How to get to Lake Natron? From Kilimanjaro Airport to Arusha 50 km. And from Arusha it is another 240 km. There are no special tours to this lake, but on the list of tours to the Oldoinyo-Lengai volcano there is an item: visiting Lake Natron. On your own, of course, it will be much more expensive. You can also see the red lake during a safari in the Serengeti National Park National Park) or the Great Rift Valley.
Bloody Red Lagoon of Colorado in Bolivia
Another reddish lake, Laguna Colorado, is located in Bolivia, in the town of Eduardo Avaroa on the Altiplano. This is a state park with a salt lake. The color of the water is given by borax deposits and some algae.
The lake is inhabited by the same pink flamingos. Crowds of tourists from all over the world come to see these beautiful birds and the equally beautiful shallow lake.
How to get to Red Lagoon? You can get there from the towns of Tupiza or Uyuni by jeep (300 km). The place can be visited as part of the Andes tour.
Koyash mineral lake in Crimea
Koyashskoye Lake is located near the Borisovka resort, in the Opuk Bay, in the Cimmerian steppes.
To contemplate the beauty of the lake. Its rich pink color and whimsical stone structures It’s worth coming to see the salt crystals in July-August. The water recedes and the salt comes out, settling on everything it meets on its way.
How to get there (get there)? From Feodosia, get to Borisovka and use your own transport along the dirt road. By public route from Kerch to Maryevka and then on foot 7 km.
Red salt lake Sasyk-Sivash in Crimea
And this is another lake on the Crimean peninsula, not far from the resort of Evpatoria. Lake Sasyk-Sivash is pink due to the evaporation of mineral salt. During evaporation, many carotenoid microalgae appear.
The healing properties of salt have attracted tourists for a long time. It has a high content of magnesium and potassium, bromine and calcium.
Another bizarre moment with Lake Sasyk-Sivash is the “boiling of the lake”. This miracle is understandable - it’s all due to underwater fountains (griffins).
How to get to Lake Sasyk-Sivash? You can take an electric train from Evpatoria to Saki. Then take a bus to Pribrezhnoye and walk 2 km. or by car.
The salty Chokraskoye Lake is located not far from the village of Kurortnoye on the Kerch Peninsula. It, like all the above, has the property of water turning pinkish-red. The reason for this is unicellular algae.
Tourists come here not only to look at the lake, but also to get healing mud and get treatment.
How to get there? By bus from Kerch to the village of Kurortnoye and 2 km. on foot.
Pink lakes tend to predominate in Australia. There is a large concentration of these unusual water areas. Lake Hillier is located on the largest island, Middle Island, in Western Australia.
How to get here? The problem is that the island is not inhabited, and you can see it from the window of an airplane. Although Australian travel companies offer trips on sea ships.
Lake Retba in Senegal
The pink lake Retba is located near the capital of Dakar in Senegal.
Pink lake in Altai
Or rather, not one pink lake, but two. The first lake Bursol or Buturlinskoye is located in the Slavogorod region Altai Territory(Bursol village), 500 km. from Barnaul to the steppe. And the second is called Raspberry Lake, located 400 km away. from the capital of Altai, near the village of the same name Raspberry Lake.
These are salty pink lakes– a great place to relax and prevent the treatment of many diseases. It is clear that the only industry here is salt mining. The pink color of the lakes comes from the crustaceans Artemia and nauplii.
It is better to get there by your own transport or from Branaul by bus: to Raspberry Lake - to the village of Mikhailovskoye, to Buturlinsky - to Slavgorod.
